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This WIkipedia article has discussion of the oldes Qur'anic sources including these 2 which were written in the "Kufic script" which has neither vowel points no diacritic marks to distinguish many of the Arabic consonants:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Quranic_manuscripts

For a long time, the Topkapi manuscript and the Samarkand Kufic Quran were considered the oldest Quran copies in existence. Both codices are more or less complete. They are written in the Kufic script. It "can generally be dated from the late eighth century depending on the extent of development in the character of the script in each case."^[8]

<sup>Without those markins (in the Kufic script) the text is highly ambiguous and is an example of versions which do exist.

There are references to other early versions as well.  All of these differ in at least some ways from modern Qur'ans thus demonstrating there do exist (many) different versions.

Nothing particularly surprising about this except that it demonstrably refutes the claim of a "single version".</sup>

For a long time, the Topkapi manuscript and the Samarkand Kufic Quran were considered the oldest Quran copies in existence. Both codices are more or less complete. They are written in the Kufic script. It "can generally be dated from the late eighth century depending on the extent of development in the character of the script in each case."

If you read carefully, you will notice that both Samarkand and Topkapi copies are Uthmanic.

There are references to other early versions as well. All of these differ in at least some ways from modern Qur'ans thus demonstrating there do exist (many) different versions.

Post a link to the said references.

Nothing particularly surprising about this except that it demonstrably refutes the claim of a "single version".

Far from being demonstrable, your references fail to even prove what you had set out to prove.

What you need to to do is to prove that there are Qurans out there in the public domain being read as scripture and which differ from each other.

The Saint: Have you as yet?

Yes !
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You claim there are so called contradictions but have failed to cite any.

The Sanaa scriptures are already a contradiction to the doctrine for the uniqueness of the Quran
(I thought God protects the [uniqueness of the] Quran. If so, he did a lousy job in this case)


Airmano

Edited by airmano - 08 August 2016 at 9:01am

Airmano: The Sanaa scriptures are already a contradiction to the doctrine for the uniqueness of the Quran The Saint: How is that?

Don't play the fool !


Airmano